Events
Every five years the city organises Delfsail, the second-largest sailing event of The Netherlands after SAIL Amsterdam.
Annually the "Pinksterfeesten" (Whitsunfestivities) are organised in the city. Delfzijl is seeing a strong resurge in the Dutch economy as the physical centerpoint of Energy Valley. This is the result of a strategic collaboration with the German town of Emden, on the other side of the Eems Estuary.
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